Does anyone have a recipe for mole with a ton of ingrediants?

[abefroman]

Does anyone have a recipe for mole with a ton of ingrediants?

I understand there are some mole recipes with over 200 ingrediants.

How does a mole with 200 ingrediants compare to one with say, 20 ingrediants?

[AprilB]

I have one with 23. Maybe someone got an extra zero in the equation somewhere?

Mine is a Black Mole

Use a strong chicken broth with mint, onions and garlic.

You will need 4+ cups of broth.

Sauce Ingredients:
1/4 lb dried chili negros or guajillos
2 oz dried chili Mexican pasillas
2 oz dried chili mulatos
2 oz dried chili polbanos/anchos
stemmed, seeded and veined, reserving seeds.

Toast chilis on a flat hot griddle (hold your breath) for about a minute on each side until almost charred.

Rinse in cold water, cover with hot water and soak for about a half hour.

Put the reserved chile seeds into a dry frying pan and toast and toss (hold your breath even longer) over high heat until browned. Raise heat and char until black. cover with cold water and let soak for about 5 minutes. Drain and put in blender.

Toast
1/2 c unsalted pumpkin seeds in shells in a dry fry pan over hi heat until they are browned evenly and begin to pop. Put aside. Do the same for 1/2 c sesame seeds.

Char
1/2 pounds unskinned tomatoes.

Add unpeeled to blender with
chile seeds,
pumpkin and sesame seeds,
1 c water,
3 whole cloves,
3 whole allspice,
6 fresh thyme sprigs (leaves only or rounded 1/4 tsp dried)
6 fresh marjoram sprigs (leaves only or 1/4 tsp dried)
and 2 tbs Mexican oregano.

Blend as smooth as possible.

Fry one at a time in 3/4 cups lard (or lard and peanut oil mix):
1/4 c shelled peanuts
10 shelled almonds
1/4 c raisins
1 small chopped onion
12 cloves garlic
1 2" stick cinnamon
1 large plaintain, skinned and cut into slices
2 corn tortillas
3 thick dark toasted french bread slices

Drain each and put into blender, blending thoroughly after each addition. Add stock as necessary to release the blades.

Heat 1/4 c of lard or peanut oil in a large pan to cook the mole in.

Add blended mixture and fry over med heat stirring often for about 15 minutes.

3 oz mexican drinking chocolate
1/2 c strong coffee

Put the chilis and 2 cups of soaking water into blender. Blend until smooth. Add to fried mixture together with chocolate and cook 5 minutes longer. Add 4 c chic broth and cook 40 minutes.

kosher or sea salt to taste

It should thickly coat the back of a spoon.

April

[mike102372]

200? Wow. I think once you are in the 7-10 range you should call it a day, and you can get a kick *** mole out of 5 ingredients, the absolute basics, if you are choosing the right product. I can't even imagine 200 ingredients unless you are using everything in dry storage to thicken it - towels, plastic cups, etc.

And that recipe is a nice one. Not awfully complex in procedure, but definitely mixing a lot of great flavors.